Curious massive knife or machete

[francantolin]

I wanted to show you to this large, somewhat special machete knife, extremely massive, almost 1 cm thick at the heel and weight of more than a kilo.
The end of the blade looks like a Bowie and is really sharp

the handle looks more like a halberd with a shortened shaft. A litle Chinese Pu Dao style ??.
the sheath has an original and interesting shape,

A whaler flensing knife ?
A colonial asian or african Riflemen machete ?
Just a butcher / knacker heavy knife ?

So, will you have an idea of ​​the origin?
I will receive this soon

[Interested Party]

I couldn't help but notice that the front of the guard is shortened which would help with camp tasks. I have no idea what this started life as. The fish tail sheath with a wood screw and rigged for a horizontal carry would seem to be a clue to origin

[francantolin]

Thank you for the message!
I received my package,
so the blade is a little shorter than indicated: 31 cm long and 8 mm thick for a total weight of 1 kg. interesting the tang of the knife on the handle that goes all the way through the handle. I therefore opt more for a large cutlass knife than for a polearm. not a machete either given the weight of the object. some sort of cleaver or hunting dagger if I'm lucky Fairly old blade roughly reused: the guard is perhaps more recent and may have been mounted upside down. (see traces) the scabbard although it fits well has little to do with the length of the blade and the handle is quite rudimentary and seems newer too. I'm going to try to take it all apart a little...

[francantolin]

On the scabbard it seems that something was braided on